Effects of nursery preconditioning through mycorrhizal inoculation and drought in Arbutus unedo L. plants

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-64

  García, Alejandra Navarro ^a   del Pilar Bañón Árias, Sebastián ^b   Morte, Asunción ^c   Sánchez Blanco, María Jesús ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbutoid mycorrhiza; Gas exchange; Hardening; Pisolithus tinctorius; Strawberry tree; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BULK MODULUS; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HARDENING; MORPHOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NURSERY GROUND; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER STRESS;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PISOLITHUS TINCTORIUS;

EID: 78650774028     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-010-0310-x     Document Type: Article

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